The Hong Kong Telegraph - News from Hong Kong and China in seven languages, daily around the clock

Hong Kong -

IN THE NEWS

Jones finalises Wallabies staff ahead of 'smash and grab' World Cup bid

Jones finalises Wallabies staff ahead of 'smash and grab' World Cup bid

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones hired former Castres boss Pierre-Henry Broncan and London Irish's Brad Davis on Thursday to complete his backroom staff ahead of a "smash and grab" bid for the World Cup in France.

Read more
Ex-Raiders receiver pleads guilty over deadly 2021 crash

Ex-Raiders receiver pleads guilty over deadly 2021 crash

Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III faces up to 10 years in jail after striking a plea deal on Wednesday to charges stemming from a 2021 drink-driving car crash that left a woman dead, prosecutors said.

Read more
'One small step' left for Inzaghi's Champions League final dream

'One small step' left for Inzaghi's Champions League final dream

Simone Inzaghi can already see his Inter Milan team in next month's Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over local rivals AC Milan in the last four on Wednesday.

Read more
Disney Plus sheds subscribers for second straight quarter

Disney Plus sheds subscribers for second straight quarter

Subscribers to Disney Plus fell for the second straight quarter, the company said on Wednesday, though it stemmed financial losses as it competes with Netflix for viewers.

Read more
New York's Met Museum to probe possibly looted art

New York's Met Museum to probe possibly looted art

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art said Wednesday it would examine the provenance of "several hundred or more" objects that were possibly stolen from their country of origin, and then return them where necessary.

Read more
Inter eye Champions League final after seeing off Milan

Inter eye Champions League final after seeing off Milan

Inter Milan have one foot in the Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in a pulsating last-four derby.

Read more
US panel recommends nonprescription use of contraception pill

US panel recommends nonprescription use of contraception pill

A US panel of health experts voted Wednesday in favor of making birth control pills available without a prescription, a move backed by reproductive rights advocates especially in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling overturning the national right to abortion.

Read more
Fognini defeats Murray in Rome battle of tennis dads

Fognini defeats Murray in Rome battle of tennis dads

Fabio Fognini edged out Andy Murray in a battle of veteran tennis dads to reach the Italian Open second round on Wednesday.

Read more
Brazilians say emotional goodbye to rock icon Rita Lee

Brazilians say emotional goodbye to rock icon Rita Lee

Fans flocked to a Sao Paulo park Wednesday to say an emotional farewell to Brazil's "Queen of Rock," the trailblazing singer-songwriter Rita Lee, who died this week at age 75.

Read more
Google answers ChatGPT challenge with Bard expansion

Google answers ChatGPT challenge with Bard expansion

Google on Wednesday said it is opening Bard, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, to 180 countries as it expands use of artificial intelligence across its platform.

Read more